Case study

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: early Dreamcast matching decompilation

Starts a matching decompilation of the North American Dreamcast release of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes. Its tools extract and descramble 1ST_READ.BIN, split SH-4 code and data using a configuration map, and compare reconstructed C against the retail executable.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-10-16
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires Python 3.10+, Git, GNU Make or CMake, and a legally obtained North American Dreamcast disc dump in CDI or GDI format.
Limits: The project describes itself as an early matching decompilation.
License: MIT License.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case,
  title = {{Marvel vs. Capcom 2: early Dreamcast matching decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc}},
  url = {https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: early Dreamcast matching decompilation. https://github.com/devin-thomas/mvc2-dc (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mvc2-dreamcast-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · devin-thomas/mvc2-dc · Revision d89cd69
docs/COMPILER.md GitHub · devin-thomas/mvc2-dc · Revision d89cd69